Bug 369192

Summary: fail to load thumbnail of the windows content
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: matpolonio
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task ManagerAssignee: Eike Hein <hein>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: cfeck, kde, plasma-bugs
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.7.95   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Attachments: screen shot of the issue

Description matpolonio 2016-09-22 12:42:00 UTC
the thumbnail does not show the content of the windows when minimized, 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open any application
2.minimize 
3.pass the mouse on the icon minimized

Actual Results:  
mini windows is showed with a icon of the app inside

Expected Results:  
mini windows should be showed with the content of the windows, e.g. firefox with facebook page open
Comment 1 matpolonio 2016-09-22 12:44:43 UTC
Created attachment 101229 [details]
screen shot of the issue
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2016-09-25 01:35:33 UTC
Which Plasma version are you using?
Comment 3 matpolonio 2016-09-25 11:59:30 UTC
i was testing plasma 5.75 (5.8 beta) on kde neon
Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2016-09-25 12:13:49 UTC
Thanks for the update.
Comment 5 David Edmundson 2016-09-26 23:32:34 UTC
System settings -> compositor -> keep window thumbnails: Always

Though there's a reason that's not on by default and that's not changing.
Comment 6 matpolonio 2016-09-27 02:14:49 UTC
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #5)
> System settings -> compositor -> keep window thumbnails: Always
> 
> Though there's a reason that's not on by default and that's not changing.

Very good, i did not know about this configuration, less work for you guys